REPORT 


VERMONT  STATE 

BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE 

ACTING  AS 

CATTLE  COMMISSIONERS. 

1 896. 


BURLINGTON,  VT.  : 

TREE  PRESS  ASSOCIATION,  PRINTERS. 

1896. 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE  AS  CAT- 
TLE COMMISSIONERS  ON  CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES 
OF  CATTLE  AND  OTHER  DOMESTIC  ANIMALS. 


The  following  law  was  enacted  at  the  session  of  the  Legislature 
in  1894  : 

No.  102. — An  Act  to  Amend  Section  4021,  4022  and  4023  of 
the  Revised  Laws,  Relating  to  Domestic  Animals. 

Section  1.  Section  4021  of  the  Revised  Laws  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows  : 

When  bovine  tuberculosis  or  any  other  contagious  disease  exists 
in  the  State  among  cattle  or  other  domestic  animals,  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  may  quarantine  all  infected  animals  or  such  as  they 
suppose  have  been  exposed  to  the  contagion,  may  prohibit  any 
animal  from  passing  on  or  over  any  of  the  highways  near  the  place 
of  quarantine,  may  enter  upon  any  premises  where  there  are  ani- 
mals suspected  to  have  bovine  tuberculosis  or  any  contagious  dis- 
ease, may  employ  such  expert  help  and  means  as  they  deem  necessary 
for  the  detection,  prevention,  treatment,  cure  and  extirpation  of 
such  disease,  but  shall  not  apply  the  tuberculin  test  without  the 
consent  of  the  owner  of  the  cattle,  but  in  quarantine  regulations 
against  cattle  imported  from  without  the  State  the  tuberculin  test 
may  be  applied,  and  they  may  condemn  and  order  killed  any  cattle 
or  other  domestic  animals  believed  by  said  Board  to  be  infected 
with  bovine  tuberculosis  or  any  contagious  disease,  and  may  order 
the  bodies  of  the  same  buried  or  burned,  as  in  their  judgment  the 
case  may  require  ; may  forbid  the  sale  or  removal  from  the  premises 
of  any  dairy  product  from  cows  that  are  believed  to  have  bovine 
tuberculosis.  Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  violate  or  refuse  to 
comply  with  any  order  or  regulation  of  such  Board,  made  under  the 
authority  of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  not  more  than  two  years  or  both. 

Section  2.  Section  4022  of  the  Revised  Laws  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 


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If  any  person  shall  sell  or  offer  to  sell  any  cattle  or  other  domes- 
tic animal  known  to  him  to  be  infected  with  bovine  tuberculosis 
or  any  contagious  disease,  or  any  disease  dangerous  to  the  public 
health,  or  shall  sell  or  offer  to  sell  any  part  or  parts  of  such  cattle 
or  other  domestic  animal,  he  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  or  be  imprisoned  not  more  than  two  years  or  both. 

Sec.  3.  The  value  of  all  cattle  or  other  domestic  animals, 
killed  by  the  written  order  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture,  shall  be  ap- 
praised by  one  of  said  Board  and  a disinterested  person  selected  by 
the  owner  of  the  condemned  animals,  but  if  these  two  cannot 
agree  upon  the  amount  of  the  appraised  value  of  the  animal,  they 
shall  select  a third  disinterested  person,  who  together  with  them 
shall  appraise  the  animal,  such  appraisal  to  be  made  just  before 
killing,  and  on  a basis  of  health.  The  limit  of  appraisal  of  cattle 
shall  be  forty  dollars.  A post-mortem  examination  shall  be  made, 
and  if  the  animal  be  found  affected  with  bovine  tuberculosis,  or 
any  disease  dangerous  to  public  health,  the  owner  of  the  animal 
shall  receive  one-half  the  appraised  value  ; but  if  no  bovine  tuber- 
culosis or  disease  dangerous  to  public  health  be  found,  the  owner 
of  the  animal  shall  receive  the  full  amount  of  the  appraisal,  and  in 
addition  shall  receive  the  slaughtered  animal.  The  amount  which 
the  owner  is  entitled  to  receive  shall  be  paid  by  the  State  to  the 
owner  of  such  animal  or  animals  upon  a written  order,  signed  by 
the  member  of  the  Board  in  charge,  and  countersigned  by  the  sec- 
retary of  said  Board.  No  indemnity  shall  be  paid  to  the  owner  of 
condemned  cattle  or  other  domestic  animals  that  have  not  been 
owned  and  kept  in  the  State  for  at  least  six  months  previous  to  the 
discovery  of  the  disease.  Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  violate 
or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  regulations  made  by  such  Board  of 
Agriculture,  under  the  authority  and  provisions  of  this  section,  shall 
be  fined  not  more  then  two  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not 
more  than  two  years,  or  both. 

Sec.  4.  All  expenses  incurred  by  the  Board  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  allowed  by  the  Stale  auditor,  upon  the  approval 
of  the  Governor,  and  paid  by  the  State. 

Approved  November  27,  1894. 


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The  principal  change  in  the  existing  law  effected  by  this  statute 
was  in  placing  bovine  tuberculosis  in  the  list  of  contagious  diseases, 
and  in  providing  that  the  indemnity  received  by  stock  owned  for 
animals  condemned  and  killed  should  be  one-half  of  their  value, 
appraised  upon  a basis  of  health.  The  provisions  of  the  law  pre- 
vious to  the  Act  of  1894,  provided  that  animals  condemned  as  dis- 
eased and  killed  should  be  appraised  at  their  actual  value  at  the 
time  of  killing.  This  provision  practically  took  away  all  compen- 
sation as  the  actual  value  of  an  animal  affected  with  a contagious 
disease  cannot  be  considered  as  any  value  whatever. 

TJiyier  the  provisions  of  this  law,  which  went  into  effect  Febru- 
ary 1,  18$5,  the  Board  has  been  called  upon  for  a large  amount 
of  work  in  the  matter  of 

BOVINE  TUBERCULOSIS. 

This  disease  had  for  a year  or  more  previous  to  the  passage  of 
the  law  of  1894,  occasioned  considerable  alarm  among  the  cattle 
owners  of  the  State,  and  during  the  year  1894  quite  a number  of 
herds  had  been  tested  for  the  disease  and  in  some  herds  the  disease 
had  made  such  progress  as  to  include  a very  large  proportion  of  the 
entire  number.  In  the  tests  made  in  1894  all  diseased  animals 
found  were  killed  and  the  owners  received  no  compensation  from 
the  State.  When  the  1894  law  came  into  effect  the  Board  found 
on  hand  quite  a large  number  of  applications  for  testing  herds  with 
tuberculin  to  determine  the  presence  of  tuberculosis.  Before 
undertaking  to  get  rid  of  the  disease  in  our  herds  it  was  thought 
best  by  the  Board  to  prohibit  the  further  introduction  of  the  dis- 
ease from  sources  outside  the  State  and  accordingly  issued  the  fol- 
lowing : 


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GENERAL  ORDER  NO.  1. 


STATE  OF  VERMONT, 
Department  of  Agriculture. 


QUARANTINE. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture  does, 
this  twenty-first  day  of  February,  1895,  by  the  authority  of  the 
laws  of  this  State,  in  relation  to  diseases  among  cattle  and  other 
domestic  animals,  place  a quarantine  upon  all  cattle  coming  into 
the  State  subject  to  the  following  rules  and  regulations  : 

Persons  intending  to  drive  cattle  into  the  State  on  foot  must 
give  notice  to  C.  M.  Winslow,  Brandon,  of  the  time  and  place  they 
will  cross  the  State  line,  and  obtain  from  him  a permit  to  drive 
cattle  into  the  State,  with  designated  place  of  detention  in  Quar- 
antine for  examination. 

Persons  intending  to  ship  cattle  by  railroad  into  the  State  must 
give  notice  to  C.  M.  Winslow,  Brandon,  of  the  time  they  will  be 
shipped,  and  place  of  destination,  and  obtain  from  him  a permit  to 
unload  and  drive  to  designated  place  of  Quarantine.  Railroads 
receiving  cattle  from  without  the  State  whose  destination  is  within 
the  State  shall  give  immediate  notice  to  C.  M.  Winslow,  Brandon, 
of  their  place  of  destination  and  time  they  will  be  due  to  arrive, 
and  obtain  from  him  a permit  to  unload  the  cattle  at  place  of 
destination. 

All  cattle  shall  be  detained  in  Quarantine  until  tested,  and  shall 
be  examined  by  the  Board  of  Agriculture  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  an  act  of  the  Legislature  passed  in  1894.  The  owner 
of  the  cattle  shall  be  to  all  expense  of  care  and  feed  of  cattle  while 
in  Quarantine.  The  test  will  be  made  as  quickly  as  possible. 


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Any  corporation  or  individual  failing  to  respond  to  the  above 
notice  will  become  liable  to  the  penalty  of  the  law  defined  in  said 
act. 

The  above  Quarantine  does  not  apply  to  cattle  in  transit  by  rail- 
road to  points  without  the  State. 

0.  M.  WINSLOW. 

Y.  I.  SPEAR, 

H.  W.  VAIL, 

J.  0.  SANFORD, 

J.  L.  HILLS, 

H.  M.  ARMS. 


Afterwards  General  Order  No.  2 was  issued,  with  the  following 
blanks  : 


Brandon,  Vt.,  April  1st,  1895. 

To  owners  and  shippers  of  cattle  desiring  to  bring  them  into  the 
State  without  detection  in  Quarantine,  we  the  Board  of  Agriculture 
by  virtue  of  the  power  vested  in  us  by  law  do  hereby  make  the  fol- 
lowing 

GENERAL  ORDER  NO.  2. 


STATE  OF  VERMONT, 
Department  of  Agriculture. 
Office  of  the  Cattle  Commission. 


1.  All  persons  desiring  to  ship  cattle  into  the  State  of  Vermont 
by  railroad,  steamboat  or  ferry,  or  intending  to  drive  them  on  foot 
into  the  State  of  Vermont  under  General  Order  No.  1,  may  avoid 
detention  in  Quarantine  and  risk  of  loss  of  any  cattle  which  by  the 
tuberculin  test  while  in  Quarantine  may  be  found  to  have  tuber- 
culosis or  other  contagious  diseases,  by  complying  with  the  follow- 
ing regulations  : 

2.  Notice  of  intended  shipment  should  be  sent  to  C.  M.  Winslow, 
Brandon,  Vt.,  stating  number  of  cattle  to  be  shipped,  consignee 


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and  place  of  destination,  also  giving  name  of  the  veterinarian 
employed  to  make  the  test. 

The  Secretary  upon  receiving  the  above  application  will  forward 
the  necessary  blanks  to  the  applicant,  who  shall  then  have  the  cat- 
tle tested  with  tuberculin  by  an  approved  veterinarian,  the  blanks 
filled  and  forwarded  to  C.  W.  Winslow,  Brandon,  Yt. 

If  the  certificate  of  test  is  satisfactory  a permit  will  then  be 
returned  to  the  applicant,  which  should  accompany  the  cattle  to 
their  destination  and  then  be  forwarded  to  0.  M.  Winslow,  with 
notice  of  place  where  the  cattle  are  in  Quarantine  for  identification. 

As  soon  thereafter  as  practicable  the  cattle  will  be  identified  and 
released  from  Quarantine. 


C.  M.  WINSLOW, 
Y.  I.  SPEAR. 

H.  W.  YAIL, 

J.  0.  SANFORD, 
J,.  L.  HILLS, 

H.  M.  ARMS. 


Board 

of 

Agriculture. 


of  Vermont 

Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Cattle  Commission. 

Brandon , Vt. , i8g 


Permit  to  bring  Neat  Cattle  into  Vermont. 


(To  be  detached  only  by  the  person  discharging  said  animal  from  Quarantine,  and  when 
so  detached  to  be  forwarded  immediately  to  this  office. ) 


To.. 

City  or  town  of State  of 

You  are  hereby  authorized  to  bring  within  the  limits  of  the  State  of 
Vermont  the  following  animal, 


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the  certificate  No of  Dr 

being  satisfactory  to  this  Board,  said  animal  to  be  brought  in  in  the  follow- 
ing manner  : ,to  enter  the  State  at 

the  city  or  town  of ,tobe  unloaded 

at  the  city  or  town  of , to  be 

driven  directly  to,  and  retained  until  further  order  upon  the  premises  of 

Mr 

in  said  city  or  town. 

. On  the  arrival  of  said  animal  at  the  city  or  town  above  named  you 
will  immediately  notify  C.  M.  Winslow,  Brandon,  and  said  animal  is  here- 
by quarantined  upon  its  arrival  in  said  city  or  town  until  discharged  there- 
from by  this  Board  or  a member  thereof,  or  by  an  inspector  authorized  to 
do  so  upon  identification  of  the  animal. 


City  or  town  of .189  . 

I, , hereby  certify  that 

I inspected  the  animal  accompanying  this  permit  and  the  certificate  of 
soundness  attached  thereto  upon  its  arrival  within  the  limits  of  the  city 

or  town  of _ , and  such  animal  in  my 

opinion  corresponded  with  the  description  contained  in  said  certificate  and 
permit,  and  I thereupon  released  it  from  quarantine. 


No 

Certificate  of  Tuberculin  Examination  of  Neat  Cattle  Required 
under  General  Order. 

(To  accompany  application  for  entry  into  Vermont.) 

To  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture , 

Brandon , Vt. 

Duplicate. 

(To  be  returned  to  owner. ) 

This  certificate  must  not  he  detached  from  the  permit,  and  must  ac- 
company the  bill  of  lading  or  animal. 

State  of 189 

City  or  town  of 

Owner, 

To  whom  consigned, 

Description  of  animal, 


Physical  condition, 

Preparation  of  tuberculin, 
Quantity  injected, 


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Date,  Normal  temperature  at... P.  M. . 

1 A.  M. 

1 P.  M.  . . 

2 A.  M. 

2 P.  M. 

3 A.  M.  

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

a 

; & 

1 CO 

4 A.  M. 

4 P.  M 

5 A.  M.  

5 P.  M 

6 A.  M 

6 P.  M _ 

7 A.  M. 

7 P.  M 

8 A.  M - 

8 P.  M. - 

9 A.  M 

9 P.  M. 

10  A.  M. 

10  P.  M - 

11  A.  M 

11  P.  M. 

12  M.  

12  M.  - 

In  my  opinion,  the  above  described  animal  is  free  from  tuberculosis. 


Veterinary  Surgeon. 

Identified  and  released  by  me  at  the  city  or  town  of 

189. 


No 

Certificate  of  Tuberculin  Examination  of  Neat  Cattle  Required 
under  General  Order. 

(To  accompany  application  for  entry  into  Vermont.) 

To  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture , 

Brandon,  Vt. 

ORIGINAL. 

(To  be  retained  by  the  Board  of  Agriculture.) 

State  of.-.' 189 

City  or  town  of 

Owner, • •_ 

To  whom  consigned,-... 

Description  of  animal, 


Physical  condition, 

Preparation  of  tuberculin, 
Quantity  injected, 


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Date, . . 

1 A.  M. 

2 a.  m. 

3 a.  m. 
4a.  m. 

5 A.  M. 

6 a.  m. 

7 a.  m- 

8 A.  M. 

9 A.  M. 

10  A.  M. 

11  A.  M. 

12  M. 


Normal  temperature  at P.  M 

1 p.  M. „ - 

2 P.  M 

3 P.  M 

4p.m 

5 p.  M. - 

6 p.  M. 

7 P.  m 

8 p.  M 

9 P.  M. 

10  P.  M 

11  P.  M. 

12  M 


In  my  opinion,  the  above  described  animal  is  free  from  tuberculosis. 


Veterinary  Surgeon. 

Soon  after  the  work  of  testing  herds  was  undertaken  a full 
meeting  of  the  Board  was  called  at  Burlington,  and  it  was  decided 
to  divide  the  State  into  two  districts  for  the  purpose  of  cattle  test- 
ing, to  be  respectively  the  First  and  Second  Congressional  Dis- 
tricts. C.  M.  Winslow,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  was  put  in  charge 
of  the  First  District,  and  V.  I.  Spear,  Statistical  Secretary  of  the 
Board,  was  put  in  charge  of  the  Second  District.  The  work  of 
testing  herds  has  been  continued  to  the  present  time  under  this 
arrangement,  and  the  full  list  of  herds  tested,  cattle  condemned 
and  killed,  and  the  amount  paid  for  cattle,  as  well  as  the  entire 
expense  of  this  department  of  the  work  of  the  Board,  will  be  found 
upon  the  following  pages  of  this  report. 

The  work  done  has  been  in  all  cases  at  the  request  of  the  owners 
of  cattle,  and  very  many  requests  have  been  made  that  it  has  been 
so  far  impossible  to  comply  with.  The  work  of  testing  has  been  first 
done  in  herds  where  there  was  some  cause  for  suspecting  disease, 
and  then  extended  to  other  herds  as  far  as  our  time  would  permit. 

As  will  be  noticed  in  the  detailed  report  that  follows,  the  disease 
is  not  evenly  or  generally  distributed  in  the  herds  throughout  the 
State,  some  localities  showing  almost  an  entire  freedom  from  it. 
In  herds  where  a large  proportion  have  been  found  diseased  it  ha& 
always  been  found  that  the  history  of  the  herd  shows  that  it  has- 


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been  there  for  several  years,  indicating  both  the  slow  and  sure  pro- 
gress of  the  disease  when  a case  has  once  been  brought  into  a 
herd. 


ORIGIN  OF  TUBERCULOSIS  IN  VERMONT. 

There  is  no  record  to  show  when  the  first  case  came  to  our  State 
or  from  whence  it  came,  but  the  best  evidence  we  can  collect  has 
not  placed  its  coming  farther  back  than  twenty  years,  and  most  of 
its  progress  in  the  State  has  been  in  the  past  ten  years.  The  first 
cases  of  which  we  have  any  record  were  among  herds  of  cattle  im- 
ported from  European  countries,  and  it  is  our  belief  that  it  came 
to  us  from  this  source.  The  opinion  which  has  been  somewhat 
common  that  it  has  always  been  in  the  herds  of  the  State,  and  that 
cattle  that  coughed  and  run  down  and  died  forty  or  fifty  years  ago 
had  tuberculosis,  has  very  little  evidence  in  its  favor.  Such  a case 
would  occur  in  a herd,  a single  case  die  and  no  further  trouble  fol- 
low. Tuberculosis  does  not  have  this  kind  of  a record  ; where  it 
has  been  it  leaves  the  seed  of  the  disease  which  germinates  and 
produces  other  cases.  It  is  believed  that  these  early  cases  were  a 
catarrhal  form  of  consumption  which  may  be  induced  by  exposure, 
but  has  no  germ  with  which  to  infect  other  animals. 

SOURCES  OF  CONTAGION. 

As  a matter  of  theory  it  is  claimed  that  the  air  everywhere  is 
charged  with  the  tubercle  bacilli,  the  germ  of  tuberculosis,  and 
that  persons  and  animals  are  everywhere  liable  to  come  in  contact 
with  this  germ  and  contract  the  disease.  There  may  be  some 
danger  to  persons  as  they  mingle  with  people  in  crowded  buildings 
or  cars,  but  we  find  no  case  that  it  is  fair  to  suppose  that  cattle 
have  contracted  the  disease  from  the  generally  impure-  condition 
of  the  air.  Nor  do  we  find  it  in  a herd  as  the  result  of  any  system 
of  feeding,  care  or  breeding.  Practically  there  is  just  one  cause 
for  its  being  in  a herd,  and  that  is  that  it  has  been  brought  there 
with  some  animal.  Without  contending  as  to  the  possibility  of 
the  theory  of  the  general  discussion  of  the  tubercle  bacilli  being 
true  or  false,  we  regard  it  as  of  no  consequence  whatever  in  the 
practical  matter  of  dealing  with  the  disease,  and  if  people  will 


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keep  infected  animals  from  their  herds,  and  not  feed  their  calves 
milk  from  infected  herds  there  is  comparatively  no  chance  for  a 
diseased  animal  to  be  found  in  such  a herd.  In  the  thousands  of 
cattle  tested  in  the  past  sixteen  months  there  have  been  less  than  a 
half  dozen  cases  where  disease  was  found  that  it  was  not  possible  to 
trace  it  directly  to  animals  brought  into  the  herd  from  infected 
sources. 


SANITATION. 

Although  it  has  been  stated  and  it  is  fully  believed  that  no  sys- 
tem of  feeding,  care  or  breeding  ever  produced  a case  of  tubercu- 
losis, still  the  care  of  animals  has  a good  deal  to  do  with  the  spread 
of  the  disease  after  it  has  once  been  introduced,  and  in  a close, 
dark,  hot,  poorly  ventilated  stable  it  will  progress  with  great 
rapidity.  In  a roomy,  light,  well  ventilated  stable  its  progress 
will  be  kept  in  check.  The  germ  of  tuberculosis  will  not  live  for 
any  length  of  time  if  exposed  to  the  direct  rays  of  sunlight,  there- 
fore the  more  light  a stable  can  have  the  safer  it  will  be.  In  our 
work,  cases  have  been  found  where,  in  a few  year’s  time,  the  disease 
has  spread  through  a herd  and  taken  nearly  every  animal  ; in 
one  case  taking  every  one.  In  other  cases  disease  has  been  found 
in  herds  which  travels  back  from  three  to  five  years  ; in  several 
herds  no  new  case  had  developed,  and  in  several  herds  it  had  only 
extended  to  one  or  two  animals.  We  believe  that  the  conditions 
with  which  the  animals  are  surrounded  has  much  to  do  as  affect- 
ing the  spread  of  this  disease,  and  we  feel  that  we  cannot  urge  too 
strongly  upon  the  dairymen  of  the  State  the  necessity  of  surround- 
ing their  cattle  with  the  best  possible  conditions.  It  will  serve  a 
double  purpose. 

1st.  Be.  a protection  against  the  spread  of  tuberculosis  if  unfor- 
tunately a case  is  in  the  herd,  and  a safeguard  against  the  numer- 
ous other  diseases  with  which  cattle  are  affected. 

2nd.  It  will  help  to  make  the  herd  productive  and  profitable  to 
the  owner.  So  upon  both  hygienic  and  economic  grounds  it  is  a 
duty  that  the  dairyman  owes  to  himself  to  see  that  the  stables  in 
which  his  cattle  live  are  properly  made  and  that  the  cattle  have 
abundant  and  proper  food. 


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THE  TUBERCULIN  TESTS.  1 

Very  much  has  been  written  in  regard  to  the  merits  and  faults 
of  this  test  for  tuberculosis,  and  without  entering  into  a discussion 
as  to  the  theory  or  different  opinions  that  prevail  we  will  give 
simply  the  result  of  our  experience  in  the  use  of  it.  Practically 
all  of  the  nearly  fifteen  thousand  tests  made  in  the  past  sixteen 
months  for  tuberculosis  has  been  with  this  test,  and  the  decisions 
made  in  regard  to  whether  or  not  animals  were  diseased  have  in 
nearly  all  of  the  cases  been  based  upon  the  reaction  of  the  animal 
to  this  test.  In  the  441  cases  condemned  in  the  first  district  439 
were  found  to  be  diseased  upon  post  mortem  examination,  and  in 
two  cases  we  were  unable  to  find  disease. 

In  the  second  district  of  the  473  cases  condemned  and  killed, 
disease  was  found  in  471.  In  two  cases  we  failed  to  find  tubercu- 
losis and  paid  the  owners  full  compensation.  It  is  not  certain  that 
the  cases  above  noted  in  which  no  disease  was  found  and  full  com- 
pensation allowed,  were  free  from  tuberculosis  or  that  the  test 
failed  in  these  cases.  All  examinations  made  by  our  Board  have 
been  without  the  assistance  of  the  microscope  and  it  is  entirely 
possible  that  slight  lesions  of  the  disease  may  have  been  present 
that  the  unaided  eye  could  not  detect.  When  commencing  this 
work,  your  commissioners  decided  not  to  ask  stock  owners  to  be- 
lieve what  they  could  not  see,  and  have  therefore  made  all  exam- 
inations publicly,  and  when  disease  could  not  be  located  with  the 
eye  have  given  the  benefit  of  any  doubt  in  the  case  to  the  owner 
of  the  cattle  killed.  Judging  from  the  result  of  our  use  of 
tuberculin,  it  does  not  appear  that  a reaction  is  produced  often 
without  there  is  a tuberculous  condition  of  the  animal.  We  do 
not  feel  as  certain  that  all  animals  which  do  not  give  a rise  of 
temperature  under  tuberculin  are  free  from  disease,  as  we  do  that 
those  reacting  are  diseased.  So  far  in  our  work  more  errors  have 
occurred  by  leaving  diseased  animals  than  by  condemning  healthy 
ones;  of  the  latter  class  it  is  impossible  to  know  how  many  we  have 
passed  that  ought  to  have  been  condemned.  Of  those  that  have 
been  killed  or  died  since  testing  and  found  diseased  with  tubercu- 
losis there  have  been  in  the  first  district  one  case  that  has  come  to 
our  knowledge,  owned  by  Dr.  H.  Baxter,  Highgate. 


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In  the  Second  District  seven  cases  have  been  found,  owned  by 
the  following  persons  : 

J.  E.  Crossett,  Waterbury. 

L.  0.  Fisher,  Cabot. 

H.  C.  Gilbert,  Randolph  Center. 

R.  G.  DuBois,  Randolph. 

Joshua  Wells,  Braintree. 

C.  E.  McCrellis,  Randolph. 

G.  W.  Flagg,  Braintree. 

The  animals  belonging  to  Messrs.  Crossett  and  Fisher  were  left 
■under  suspicion  when  test  was  made,  and  when  killed  several 
months  after  the  test,  were  found  diseased.  The  cow  of  Mr.  Du- 
Bois gave  no  rise  of  temperature,  was  a village  cow,  had  been 
injured  by  being  run  on  to  by  the  cars,  and  no  indications  of  tuber- 
culosis were  discovered  at  time  of  test.  The  cow  of  Mr.  McCrillis 
was  also  a village  cow  and  gave  only  1.8°  rise  in  temperature,  her 
highest  point  being  102.8.  Each  of  these  cases  was  advanced 
with  disease  and  among  the  worst  that  have  been  found.  The 
other  cases  gave  no  suspicion  at  time  of  test.  The  case  of  Mr. 
Flagg  was  re-tested  this  spring,  and  reacted,  and  was  killed.  At 
the  test  of  the  herd  one  year  before,  this  cow  had  a high  normal 
but  did  not  rise  any  higher  after  being  injected,  and  was  passed. 
The  reason  for  the  failure  of  tuberculin  to  react  in  all  cases,  is  not 
perhaps  fully  understood.  It  is  claimed  by  those  who  have  had 
the  most  experience  in  using  it,  that  its  failure  to  indicate  disease 
is  in  advanced  cases,  and  due  to  the  fact  that  there  is  so  much  dis- 
ease in  the  system  that  the  small  amount  of  tuberculin  used  does 
not  produce  any  sensible  effect,  and  that  the  use  of  a larger  dose 
of  tuberculin  will  often  produce  a reaction  when  the  ordinary 
amount  has  failed.  Our  experience  is  in  line  with  the  claims  made 
as  above  stated.  The  cases  passed  have  all  proved  to  be  quite  bad 
ones  and  some  of  them  very  bad.  More  recently  in  our  work  we 
have  held  animals  for  a re-test  that  failed  to  react,  where  we  have 
any  suspicion,  and  when  tested  with  a double  dose  of  tuberculin 
have  in  two  or  three  instances  produced  a reaction.  In  the  cases 
where  we  have  tested  and  failed  to  find  disease,  that  afterwards 
proved  to  be  diseased,  we  have  treated  the  cases  the  same  as  though 


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the  animals  were  condemned  by  us  and  paid  the  owner  one-half  of 
a fair  valuation.  This  has  seemed  to  us  a matter  of  justice  from 
the  fact  that  the  owner  had  done  his  best  to  have  the  animal  found 
out  before  and  ought  not  to  suffer  through  any  fault  of  the  test. 
Often  it  happens  that  one  or  more  animals  in  a herd  give  a rise  of 
temperature  that  is  not  exactly  natural  and  at  the  same  time 
hardly  enough  to  be  sure  that  disease  is  present.  There  are  several 
things  that  seem  to  operate  to  give  unusual  temperatures,  and  it  is 
not  always  easy  to  discriminate  between  some  local  cause  and  the 
action  of  tuberculin.  In  such  cases  where  the  reason  for  the  high 
temperature  cannot  be  ascertained,  and  it  is  not  sufficient  to  con- 
demn, we  arrange  to  make  a retest  of  the  animal  in  from  three  to 
six  weeks  if  possible.  We  intend  to  make  a second  test  of  all  herds 
where  disease  is  found  within  a year  or  eighteen  months  from  the 
making  of  the  first  test.  Several  such  tests  have  been  made  this 
spring  of  the  first  herds  tested,  and  these  tests  show  the  necessity  of 
such  a course  and  also  go  far  to  establish  the  value  of  tuberculin. 
We  have  sometimes  found  one — in  one  case  two  on  the  second  test, 
and  in  several  cases  found  no  trace  of  disease  the  second  time. 
Whether  the  cases  found  failed  to  react  at  the  first  test  or  had  taken 
on  the  disease  from  the  surroundings  it  is  impossible  to  state 
definitely,  the  latter  appears,  however,  to  have  been  the  case,  as  the 
cases  so  far  found  on  retesting  have  been  quite  mild  and  not  more 
advanced  than  might  have  occurred  in  a year’s  time.  Where  a test 
is  made  in  a herd  and  no  indication  of  disease  is  found,  no  second 
test  is  made  unless  it  appears  probable  that  some  case  has  been 
overlooked.  It  rests  with  the  owner  of  the  herd  to  keep  his  herd 
free  from  disease  if  once  found  in  this  condition;  if  animals  are  pur- 
chased for  such  herds  the  testing  is  done  at  expense  of  purchaser, 
unless  as  sometimes  happens  we  are  doing  State  work  in  the  local- 
ity and  the  animals  are  got  to  us  so  as  to  make  no  increased  expense 
to  the  State. 

In  view  of  the  work  so  far  done  by  your  commissioners  with 
tuberculin  and  the  average  of  results  secured,  we  believe  it  is  a 
practical  method  of  detecting  tuberculosis,  and  that  it  has  a record 
of  as  few  failures  as  any  medical  agent  that  has  yet  been  used  for 
any  purpose,  and  have  no  doubt  but  at  least  one-half  the  errors  that 


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appear  in  our  work  is  attributable  more  to  those  who  used  the 
agent  than  to  the  agent  itself.  In  our  work  often  more  work  i& 
undertaken  than  can  be  carefully  looked  after,  and  we  have  had  to 
acquire  all  the  experience  we  have  in  handling  it,  so  that  the  errors 
fairly  attributable  to  tuberculin  are  very  small.  It  seems  to  us  possi- 
ble to  eradicate  the  disease  from  the  State  by  the  use  of  this  agent,, 
the  question  being  as  to  whether  or  not  the  expense  is  to  be  too 
large  to  justify  the  undertaking.  If  the  work  is  to  be  continued, 
there  seems  to  your  Board  no  question  as  to  the  wisdom  of  pro- 
ceeding with  it  as  rapidly  as  circumstances  will  permit.  A single 
case  in  a herd  this  year  would  be  likely  by  another  year  to  add  other 
cases  and  thereby  add  to  the  expense  of  both  the  State  and  the 
owner. 

Believing  this  to  be  the  condition,  more  work  has  been  done  than 
was  at  first  contemplated,  and  it  is  believed  that  quite  a large  per- 
centage of  the  worst  infected  herds  have  been  found. 

CO-OPERATION  OF  STOCK  OWNERS. 

Your  Board  wishes  to  acknowledge  the  kind  treatment  and  earn- 
est co-operation  extended  to  them  by  the  owners  of  cattle  through- 
out the  State.  Whatever  value  our  work  may  have  to  the  State, 
is  almost  entirely  due  to  the  interest  taken  in  the  matter  by  cattle 
owners.  Under  the  law  no  animal  can  be  injected  with  tubercu- 
lin without  consent  of  the  owner.  It  was  thought  when  the  law 
was  passed  that  this  would  be  a very  great  obstacle  to  doing  effect- 
ive work.  As  a matter  of  fact  it  is  believed  that  it  has  been  an  aid. 
The  responsibility  is  now  upon  the  owner  of  the  cattle,  and  that  it 
has  been  realized  is  pretty  well  shown  from  the  large  number  of 
applications  which  have  been  made  to  have  herds  tested.  Usually 
whenever  diseased  animals  have  been  found  in  a herd  that  has  been 
purchased  from  another  herd,  the  owners  of  the  herd  from  which 
they  were  purchased  have  been  willing  and  have  often  insisted  that 
their  herd  should  be  tested.  Whenever  cattle  owners  have  dis- 
covered any  trouble  with  an  animal  in  the  herd,  they  have  as  a rule 
immediatedly  reported  to  your  Board  and  requested  an  investiga- 
tion. Very  many  complaints  have  been  made  to  us  where  there 
was  no  trouble  except  some  local  and  temporary  sickness  by  the 


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animal,  and  quite  often  when  unable  to  attend  to  the  call  for  a few 
days  a second  letter  has  been  received  Faying  that  the  animal  was 
all  right  and  we  need  not  come.  Probably  a half  dozen  cases  would 
include  all  the  herds  of  which  your  Board  has  ground  for  suspi- 
cions at  the  present  time  that  have  not  been  tested.  A few  of  these 
object  to  a test,  and  others  are  proposing  to  have  a test  before  next 
winter.  In  matters  of  appraisal  of  cattle  killed  it  has  usually  been 
possible  for  the  Board  and  owners  to  agree  upon  a valuation  with- 
out the  formality  of  an  appraisal  by  other  parties. 

THE  PRESENT  LAW 

on  this  subject  seems  to  meet  very  fully  the  necessities  of  the  case 
and  your  Board  sees  no  reason  to  recommend  any  important 
changes.  Perhaps  in  a few  details  some  changes  would  be  desira- 
ble, and  would  suggest  : 

1st.  Sec.  4820  of  the  Statutes,  provides  that  all  prosecutions  for 
violation  of  the  order  of  the  Board  or  the  Statutes  in  regard  to 
animals  infected  with  contagious  diseases  shall  be  commenced  with- 
in thirty  days  from  the  commission  thereof.  In  several  cases  to 
which  our  attention  has  been  called  of  violation  of  quarantine 
orders,  the  thirty  days  had  passed  before  it  came  to  our  knowledge. 
It  would  seem  advisable  to  extend  this  time  to  perhaps  six  months. 

2nd.  It  would  conform  to  better  the  practice  of  the  Board  if  in 
matters  of  appraisal  for  cattle  killed  it  was  provided  that  the  owner, 
and  the  member  of  the  Board  in  charge  of  the  work  should  agree  if 
possible  upon  a valuation.  If  they  could  not  agree,  then  resort  to 
the  present  method  of  appraisal.  Your  Board  finds  that  in  most 
cases  a more  satisfactory  valuation  is  secured  by  agreement.  A 
person  called  in  to  act  as  an  appraiser  feels  that  he  is  in  a sense 
attorney  for  the  person  calling  him,  and  is  anxious  to  secure  the 
highest  price  possible,  also  in  most  cases  the  appraisers  called  upon 
are  less  capable  of  judging  correctly  than  the  owner. 

• 3rd.  In  a few  cases  it  would  facilitate  the  work  of  the  Board  if 
in  cases  where  the  evidence  of  the  presence  of  tuberculosis  in  a 
herd  is  conclusive,  the  Board  were  given  authority  to  make 
a test  of  such  herd  with  tuberculin  without  consent  of  the  owner. 
The  present  law,  which  provides  for  quarantining  stock  and  pro- 
ducts in  such  cases  is  an  indirect  means  of  securing  the  same  end. 


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By  the  more  direct  method  it  would  sometimes  be  possible  to  pre- 
vent persons  from  disposing  of  their  diseased  stock  and  scattering 
it  in  other  herds.  The  conditions  of  a quarantine  of  stock  and 
products  are  so  severe  that  the  Board  have  felt  that  they  should 
exhaust  all  other  means  of  securing  their  purpose  before  resorting 
to  it. 

IS  THE  TUBERCULIN  TEST  DANGEROUS  TO  HEALTHY  ANIMALS  ? 

The  provision  of  our  present  law  which  allows  the  use  of  tuber- 
culin only  upon  consent  of  the  owner  of  cattle,  recognizes  a doubt 
as  to  the  harmless  character  of  this  test  upon  healthy  animals. 

It  is  too  early  yet  in  the  use  of  this  test  to  say  that  we  know 
positively  in  regard  to  it  in  all  its  effects.  But  it  is  proper  to  state 
our  opinions  and  give  some  of  the  evidence  upon  which  they  are 
founded.  We  believe  that  this  test  is  perfectly  harmless  when 
properly  applied  with  tuberculin  that  has  been  properly  prepared. 
The  basis  of  this  belief  is  that  to  the  present  time  no  well  authenti- 
cated case  has  ever  been  produced  where  any  injury  has  come  from 
it,  and  this  embraces  a period  of  over  four  years  in  this  country  and 
its  use  in  more  than  one  hundred  thousand  animals.  That  it  has 
no  tendency  to  produce  tuberculosis  is  shown  by  the  experiments 
made  with  it  at  our  own  Experiment  Station.  In  this  herd  the 
animals  are  all  injected  twice  a year,  and  have  been  since  the  herd 
was  first  tested  in  January,  1894,  and  a large  proportion  killed. 
Every  animal  brought  into  this  herd  is  tested  with  tuberculin  before 
coming  and  every  six  months  thereafter.  Since  getting  out  the 
animals  that  were  diseased  in  1894,  no  new  case  has  appeared.  At 
the  Pennsylvania  Experiment  Station  the  first  test  was  made  over 
four  years  ago,  diseased  animals  were  found  and  killed,  and  since 
then  this  herd  has  been  tested  each  six  months  and  no  new  cases 
have  appeared.  In  the  tests  made  in  this  State  since  1894  over 
sixteen  thousand  cattle  have  been  tested  in  nearly  a thousand  dif- 
ferent herds  and  no  instance  has  appeared  in  which  there  has  come 
to  our  knowledge  even  a suspicion  that  healthy  animals  have  con- 
tracted the  disease  from  the  test.  In  your  Board  five  of  the  six 
members  have  had  the  herds  owned  by  them  or  under  their  direc- 
tion tested  with  this  agent,  and  our  observation  has  not  indicated 
that  it  produced  any  effect  whatever  upon  healthy  animals.  This 


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being  our  experience  in  our  own  herds  and  our  observation  of  its 
use  in  other  herds,  we  feel  very  confident  that  it  is  entirely  safe  to 
use  tuberculin,  and  that  no  possible  injury  is  likely  to  result  from 
it. 


GOVERNMENT  AID. 

In  this  connection  we  wish  to  acknowledge  the  important  service 
to  us  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  All  of  the  tuberculin 
used  by  the  Board  has  been  supplied  by  this  Bureau  without 
expense  to  the  State.  The  tuberculin  supplied  to  us  from  this 
source  we  feel  certain  of  having  been  carefully  prepared  and  safe  to 
use,  it  has  also  been  a large  saving  in  expense  to  the  State  as  the 
amount  used  in  State  work  for  the  past  sixteen  months  would  have 
cost  in  the  market  from  six  to  seven  thousand  dollars.  In  return 
for  supplying  tuberculin  the  Bureau  requires  that  a record  of  every 
test  made  with  tuberculin  supplied  by  it,  shall  be  returned  to  them, 
also  that  every  animal  that  gives  a reaction  to  the  test  shall  be 
killed  and  a post  mortem  examination  made  and  returned. 

The  first  requirement  adds  considerably  to  the  office  work  to  be 
done  by  us  but  this  expense  is  very  small,  perhaps  amounting  in 
all  to  two  hundred  dollars,  when  compared  to  the  saving  effected 
by  having  the  tuberculin  supplied  us.  The  second  provision  re- 
quiring the  killing  of  all  animals  that  react  is  an  advantage  to  us 
as  it  removes  the  responsibility  for  killing  to  the  general  govern- 
ment and  takes  from  the  Board  all  right  to  pass  an  animal  that  has 
given  a reaction.  The  requirement  that  all  that  are  killed  shall  be 
examined  and  post-mortem  reported,  is  very  little  added  work  to 
your  Board  as  the  owners  have  a right  to  this  examination  under 
the  State  law  to  determine  whether  they  are  entitled  to  one-half  or 
full  compensation. 

In  acknowledging  the  great  assistance  rendered  by  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry  in  our  work,  especial  mention  is  deserved  by  the 
Chief,  Dr.  D.  E.  Salmon,  who  has  always  been  ready  and  willing 
to  extend  every  assistance  in  his  power. 

QUARANTINE. 

A quarantine  has  been  maintained  since  February,  1895,  against 
all  animals  coming  into  the  State  from  outside  sources.  Our 


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Board  attended  a meeting  of  the  New  England  Cattle  Commission- 
ers in  Boston,  in  July,  1895,  and  a subsequent  meeting  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  in  November,  1895.  The  objects  of  these  meetings 
were  to  exchange  opinions  as  to  the  best  methods  of  dealing  with 
tuberculosis,  also  to  adopt  uniform  regulations  in  regard  to  quar- 
antine matters.  The  rules  there  adopted,  to  which  your  Board 
gave  their  approval,  requires  that  any  cattle  to  be  taken  into  the 
State  must  be  taken  in  upon  a permit  granted  by  a member  of  your 
Board;  that  they  shall  be  held  at  the  place  designated  in  the  per- 
mit until  released.  During  1895  several  lots  of  cattle  were  released 
upon  a physical  examination  which  seemed  satisfactory  to  the 
Board,  and  after  being  here  six  months  and  becoming  in  that  time 
Vermont  cattle,  several  were  tested  and  found  to  be  diseased  and 
we  were  obliged  to  pay  for  them.  The  present  season  examina- 
tions have  been  made  with  tuberculin  and  the  animals  killed  imme- 
diately if  found  diseased.  In  these  cases  the  owner  of  the  cattle 
has  to  bear  the  loss  of  his  stock.  If  tested  outside  the  State  by  a 
competent  veterinary  who  is  vouched  for  by  the  Commissioners  in 
the  State  where  he  practices,  the  cattle  are  released  upon  presenta- 
tion of  a satisfactory  certificate.  The  number  of  cattle  shipped 
into  Vermont  each  season  is  not  large,  but  as  we  feel  that  the 
sources  of  tuberculosis  with  us  are  largely  due  to  this  traffic,  we 
feel  that  it  is  necessary  to  use  great  care  to  exclude  it  from  this 
source  in  the  future. 


TESTING  FOR  DROYERS. 

In  consequence  of  the  action  of  other  States,  not  to  receive  cat- 
tle unless  they  have  passed  the  tuberculin  test,  nearly  all  cattle 
going  out  of  Vermont  are  tested  here  in  order  to  get  the  benefit  of 
partial  compensation  if  found  diseased.  By  permission  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  your  Board  has  supplied  government 
tuberculin  for  doing  this  work,  upon  condition  that  all  tests  made 
for  drovers  be  returned  to  us,  and  that  all  animals  that  react  to  the 
test  shall  be  killed.  This  arrangement  practically  makes  this  State 
work,  with  the  exception  that  the  drovers  pay  the  veterinary  for 
making  the  test.  This  class  of  work  has  discovered  several  herds 
that  were  quite  badly  diseased,  and  the  advantage  to  the  State  of 


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having  these  tests  made  in  such  a way  as  to  leave  the  diseased  ani- 
mal in  the  hands  of  the  Board  to  be  disposed  of,  rather  than  to  he 
traded  about  as  had  been  practiced  when  the  test  was  entirely  a 
private  affair,  is  believed  to  be  sufficient  to  pay  all  expense  incur- 
red by  the  State. 

WHERE  TESTS  ARE  ADVISED. 

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Often  cattle  owners  come  to  us  with  the  inquiry,  Would  you 
advise  me  to  have  my  herd  tested.”  To  such  we  first  inquire  if 
they  have  ever  lost  an  animal  that  they  suspect  had  tuberculosis; 
if  they  have  ever  bought  an  animal  from  a herd  which  is  known  or 
suspected  of  being  diseased  ; if  they  have  raised  their  calves  from 
milk  from  their  own  herds;  and  if  we  find  in  the  answers  given  no 
reason  for  suspicion  we  have  not  advised  testing  as  a rule.  To 
persons  who  supply  milk  in  our  towns  and  cities,  we  have  advised 
all  who  have  come  to  us  to  test  their  herds,  and  have  felt  that  it 
was  a duty  they  owed  their  customers  to  give  them  every  assurance 
possible  that  they  were  furnishing  a wholesome  product.  It  has 
not  seemed  to  your  Board,  with  the  amount  of  disease  in  the 
State  as  indicated  by  the  result  of  our  work  so  far,  that  it  is  a mat- 
ter of  necessity  to  test  all  the  animals  in  the  State.  With  the 
present  information  that  cattle  owners  have  upon  this  subject,  the 
disease  will  not  get  far  advanced  in  a herd  before  suspicions  are 
aroused  and  a test  asked  for.  This,  however,  is  a question  for  the 
dairymen  and  the  State  to  settle  as  seems  best. 

THE  RELATION  OF  THE  STATE  TO  TUBERCULOSIS. 

A wide  difference  of  opinion  exists  in  the  State  in  regard  to  the 
relation  which  the  State  ought  to  bear  to  this  matter.  Some  we 
find  feel  as  though  the  State  ought  not  to  pay  anything  toward  the 
expense  of  suppressing  the  disease,  claiming  that  it  comes  as  one 
of  the  misfortunes  which  sometimes  happen  to  a person  and  that 
partial  payment  for  diseased  and  worthless  animals  is  really  so 
much  given  to  the  unfortunate  person  by  the  State.  On  the  other 
hand  many  we  find  who  believe  that  the  State  should  bear  all  the 
expense,  that  full  value  should  be  paid  for  cattle  killed,  and  the 
owner  share  in  the  loss  only  so  far  as  his  proportion  of  the  State 


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tax.  Without  reciting  all  the  arguments  on  this  question,  it  seems 
to  the  Board  that  the  present  system  of  partial  compensation  is 
calculated  to  bring  to  light  many  cases  of  disease  that  would  not 
be  found  if  no  compensation  was  allowed,  and  it  is  more  economical 
for  the  State  to  pay  its  present  compensation  and  stop  the  spread 
of  the  disease  and  have  the  co-operation  of  the  stock  owners,  than 
it  would  be  to  undertake  to  discover  the  cases  in  opposition  to  the 
owners  and  take  the  chance  of  diseased  animals  being  traded  and 
spreading  disease  in  other  herds.  The  protection  both  to  the 
property  and  health  of  our  citizens  is  sufficient  to  justify  the  State 
in  bearing  a portion  of  this  burden.  To  pay  full  compensation  is 
to  relieve  the  stock  owner  of  all  responsibility  and  an  encourage- 
ment to  buy  carelessly  if  stock  has  been  condemned  and  killed,  and 
has  a tendency  to  put  diseased  animals  at  apremium  if  it  is  possible 
to  find  at  any  time  a market  for  them  by  having  them  tested  and 
killed  by  the  State.  Our  present  law,  in  matter  of  indemnity,  has 
operated  so  satisfactorily  as  a whole  that  it  would  not  seem  to  us 
wise  to  make  any  change. 

TUBERCULOSIS  AND  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 

Authorities  do  not  all  agree  as  tp  the  extent  of  the  danger  to 
public  health  from  the  consumption  of  tuberculous  animals  and 
their  products,  as  food.  Our  experience  in  this  direction  has  not 
been  sufficient  to  add  materially  to  what  is  known  or  believed  on 
this  subject.  In  a few  instances  in  our  work  we  have  found  peo- 
ple affected  with  tuberculosis  that  had  been  liberal  consumers  of 
milk  from  animals  that  were  far  advanced  with  the  disease,  the  as- 
sociation being  so  close  as  to  lead  us  to  believe  that  it  was  a case  of 
cause  and  effect.  We  have  found  many  of  our  worst  herds  where 
there  were  families  of  children  that  had  consumed  the  milk  of  the 
herd  freely  and  no  bad  result  was  noted.  In  our  opinion  the  milk 
may  communicate  the  disease  but  is  by  no  means  sure  to  do  so.  If 
it  has  even  in  a single  instance  carried  the  disease  to  persons,  it  is 
sufficient  to  occasion  apprehension  in  the  matter  and  to  cause  the 
product  of  such  animals  to  be  discarded.  The  danger  to  public 
health  we  believe  to  be  mainly  in  the  consumption  of  milk,  and  ex- 
periments have  shown  that  this  danger  may  be  avoided  by  heating 


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the  milk  to  165°  and  keeping  it  there  for  fifteen  minutes,  as  this 
degree  of  heat  is  sufficient  to  destroy  the  germ  of  tubercle  bacilli. 
For  this  reason  meat  that  is  well  cooked  is  comparatively  safe,  and 
it  does  not  appear  from  experiments  so  far  made  that  butter  is  very 
much  affected  by  this  germ.  It  seems  so  far  as  we  can  judge  to  be 
mainly  left  in  the  skim  milk. 

We  have  purposely  omitted  any  general  discussion  as  to  the  na- 
ture, character  and  symptoms  of  tuberculosis  as  well  as  the  details 
of  the  method  of  testing,  a full  discussion  of  this  feature  of  the 
work  being  presented  in  the  preceding  report  of  the  Board. 

TEMPORARY  PASTURAGE. 

The  Board  found  peculiar  difficulties  in  the  temporary  pasturing 
of  cattle  all  along  the  border  of  the  State  with  the  exception  of 
Canada.  Men  owning  land  on  both  sides  of  the  line  and  desiring 
to  either  drive  cattle  out  or  in  for  the  summer.  To  simplify  this  dif- 
ficulty as  far  as  possible  we  issued  the  following  General  Order 
No.  3 : 

STATE  OF  VERMONT, 
Department  of  Agriculture. 
Office  of  the  Cattle  Commission. 

Brandon,  Vt.,  May  1st,  1896. 

To  owners  of  neat  stock  within  the  State  of  Vermont,  desiring  to 
pasture  the  same  without  its  limits;  and  to  all  persons  desiring  to 
bring  neat  cattle  from  other  States  within  the  limits  of  this  State 
for  pasturage  : 

We,  the  Board  of  Agriculture  for  the  State  of  Vermont,  by  virtue 
of  the  power  and  authority  in  us  vested  by  law,  do  hereby  make  the 
following 

GENERAL  ORDER  NO.  3. 

1.  All  neat  cattle  brought  within  the  limits  of  this  State  for  the 
purpose  of  temporary  pasturage,  will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of 


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General  Orders  No.  1 and  2,  which  require  a written  permit,  or  that 
the  animal  be  properly  tested  with  tuberculin  and  pronounced  free 
from  tuberculosis  or  other  contagious  diseases  before  its  entry  into 
this  State,  and  admitted  on  certificate  of  such  test. 

2.  All  owners  of  neat  cattle  within  the  limits  of  this  State  desir- 
ing to  send  the  same  to  points  without  its  limits,  for  pasturage,  are 
hereby  notified  that  such  cattle  returning  to  this  State  will  be 
deemed  to  be  cattle  coming  from  without  the  limits  of  this  State, 
and  will  be  subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  General  Orders  No. 
1 and  2 above  referred  to,  unless  such  cattle  have,  previous  to  leav- 
ing this  State,  been  properly  tagged,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

3.  The  owner  of  any  such  cattle  may  apply  to  this  Board  to 
have  his  animals  tagged  free  of  charge,  but  the  owner  of  the  cattle 
shall  be  to  the  expense  of  testing  unless  his  herd  has  been  previously 
tested  by  the  State  with  tuberculin  and  found  free  from  disease. 
Such  application  shall  state  the  ownership  in  full,  the  number  and 
present  location  of  animals,  the  address  of  the  owner,  the  time  at 
which  it  is  proposed  to  send  them  out  of  the  State,  the  State,  town 
and  location  of  the  pasture  to  which  it  is  intended  to  send  the 
same.  Upon  receiving  this  application,  each  animal  will  be  tagged, 
under  the  authority  of  this  Board,  with  a proper  metallic  tag 
affixed  to  the  right  ear. 

Any  person  desiring  to  bring  within  the  limits  of  this  State  any 
cattle  that  have  been  tested  with  tuberculin  and  tagged  by  order 
of  the  Cattle  Commission  of  the  State  from  which  they  are  to  be 
driven  shall  give  written  notice  to  this  Board,  stating  the  time  when 
and  the  place  where  it  is  intended  to  enter  said  cattle,  and  shall 
also  give  the  number  shown  upon  the  tag  of  each  animal  to  be 
entered.  All  such  animals  will  be  allowed  to  enter  this  State  with- 
out further  restrictions,  upon  the  same  being  properly  identified. 

4.  All  neat  cattle  returning  from  pasture,  not  tagged  as  pro- 
vided for  in  Section  3,  will  not  be  allowed  to  enter  this  State,  un- 
less accompanied  by  a permit  as  provided  in  General  Order  requir- 
ing them  to  be  tested  with  tuberculin.  All  such  animals  entering  this 
State  without  such  permit,  or  without  being  tagged,  will  be  seized 
and  quarantined  at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  as  provided  in  said 
Order,  and  will  not  be  freed  therefrom  except  after  they  have  been 


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pronounced  free  from  tuberculosis  or  other  contagious  diseases, 
upon  examination  made  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  said  law. 

5.  The  order  shall  take  effect  on  the  1st  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1896. 

Applications  for  permits  to  bring  cattle  into  this  State  for  pastur- 
age and  ear  tags  for  cattle  going  without  the  State  for  pasturage 
should  be  made  to  0.  M.  Winslow,  Brandon,  Yt. 

C.  M.  WINSLOW, 

Y.  I.  SPEAR, 

J.  0.  SANFORD, 

H.  W.  YAIL,  f 

J.  L.  HILLS, 

F.  C.  WILLIAMS,  J 


Board 

of 

Agriculture. 


GLANDERS. 

Only  six  cases  of  glanders  have  come  to  us  in  the  past  sixteen 
months.  A few  other  cases  have  been  suspected  and  tested,  but 
did  not  prove  to  be  this  disease.  We  believe  there  are  very  few 
cases  of  glanders  in  the  States. 

The  amount  paid  for  glandered  horses  killed  is  $213.75. 

HOG  CHOLERA. 

A few  outbreaks  of  hog  cholera  have  occurred,  but  as  your  Board 
does  not  condemn,  kill  and  pay  for  animals  affected  with  this  dis- 
ease, very  few  applications  have  been  received.  The  policy  of  the 
Board  in  handling  this  disease  is  to  quarantine  the  premises  where 
the  disease  exists,  separate  the  sick  animals  from  the  apparently 
healthy  ones,  disinfect  the  premises  as  far  as  possible  and  leave  the 
matter  with  the  owner. 


LIST  OF  CATTLE  TESTED  IN  THE  FIRST  CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICT, 
UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF  0.  M.  WlNSLOW  : 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested.  Killed. 

Paid. 

Jan. 

A.  A.  Richardson,  Burlington, 

27 

22 

$ 275  00 

H.  L.  Chandler,  Franklin, 

1 

1 

10  00 

April  11. 

Brown,  Goshen, 

15 

27. 

Mrs.  M.  P.  Bell,  Burlington, 

■1 

1 

20  00 

H.  H.  Wheeler,  South  Burlington, 

25 

4 

65  00 

May  29. 

Chaffee  Bros.,  Rutland, 

40 

25 

480  00 

23. 

J.  W.  Hilton,  Richmond, 

1 

1 

20  00 

27 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

June  14. 

Frank  V.  Prior,  South  Burlington, 

1 

1 

$12  50 

28. 

F.  D.  Procter,  Proctor, 

150 

7 

100  00 

Aug.  16. 

Wm.  F.  Baker,  Bennington  Center, 

1 

1 

5 00 

J.  N.  Baxter,  Rutland, 

25 

Village  cows,  Rutland, 

3 

John  Crampton,  Rutland, 

14 

Baxter  Farm,  Rutland. 

20 

22. 

C.  L.  Rosenburgh,  North  Povvnal, 

1 

1 

5 00 

Sept.  12. 

F.  B.  Holden,  Franklin, 

14 

Village  cows,  Franklin, 

3 

20. 

Clinton  Smith,  Morrisville, 

54 

1 

20  00 

Albert  Dean,  North  Pownal, 

1 

1 

5 00 

Oct.  18. 

B.  F.  Vail,  Bennington  Center 

25 

1 

20  00 

27. 

N.  K.  Chaffee.  Rutland, 

24 

Nov.  4. 

F.  B.  Jennings,  North  Bennington, 

13 

1 

16  25- 

15. 

W.  H.  Bradford,  Bennington, 

4 

E.  L.  Bates,  Bennington, 

1 

W.  G.  Richardson,  Bennington, 

8 

* 

Wm.  Shields,  Bennington, 

13 

25. 

Honora  Connally,  Burlington, 

5 

1 

8 75 

Dec.  16. 

C.  M.  Winslow,  Brandon,  * 

60 

3 

56  00 

30. 

Irving  Irish,  Underhill, 

17 

1 

16  50 

Truman  Barney,  Underhill, 

16 

3 

21  00 

31. 

George  W.  Allen,  Westford, 

44 

28 

388  75- 

Fred  Jones,  Johnson, 

5 

1896. 

Jan.  6. 

G.  P.  Walcott,  Morristown, 

6 

r. 

George  H.  Terrill,  Morristown, 

42 

Dan  Burdette,  Pittsford, 

50 

8. 

A.  M.  Terrill,  Pittsford, 

15 

10. 

Towp  Farm,  Brandon, 

28 

13. 

Village  cows,  Morrisville, 

12 

C.  H.  Bump,  Brandon, 

1 

1 

19  00 

16. 

Alex  Newton,  Brandon, 

22 

18. 

C.  E.  Harris,  Morrisville, 

20 

11 

181  50 

A.  C.  Bates,  Rutland, 

1 

20. 

C.  M.  Boynton  & Son,  Morrisville, 

41 

21, 

M.  L.  Baker,  Brandon, 

32 

22. 

Gov.  U.  A.  Woodbury,  Elmore, 

39 

23. 

J.  Hastings  Estate,  Brandon, 

22 

28 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

25. 

Harry  Thomas,  Burlington', 

1 

1 

$20  00 

Will  Delano,  Morrisville, 

10 

2 

32  50 

Village  cows,  Brandon, 

15 

Harrison  Dodge,  Brandon, 

33 

13 

220  00 

28. 

Miss  Julia  Seymour,  St.  Albans, 

19 

Dr.  Hutchinson,  Enosburgh  Falls, 

27 

Feb.  1. 

N.  B.  Powers,  Leicester  Junction, 

171 

87 

1,329  50 

2. 

N.  B.  Douglas,  Shoreham, 

49 

9. 

D.  C.  Barber,  Burlington, 

30 

Tom  Armstrong,  Leicester, 

20 

M.  Leach,  Essex  Center, 

22 

12. 

Peter  Dumas,  Leicester, 

21 

22. 

Emory  Fuller,  Brandon, 

15 

1 

15  00 

S.  A.  Sparks,  Leicester, 

20 

Village  cows,  Brandon, 

16 

Elwin  Ayers,  Brandon, 

4 

1 

35  00 

S.  M.  Brush,  Stowe, 

19 

25. 

H.  B Chittenden,  Burlington, 

14 

27. 

Wm.  Williams,  Dorset, 

10 

Mar  6. 

H.  E.  Colburn,  Rutland, 

52 

9. 

W.  F.  Whitney,  Williston, 

1 

1 

5 00 

.G.  F.  Hendee,  Pittsford, 

15 

2 

37  50 

M.  J.  Billings,  Rutland, 

15 

Jesse  Billings,  Rutland, 

44 

13. 

Joseph  Cook,  Rutland, 

30 

1 

17  50 

Warren  Bros.,  St.  Albans, 

70 

43 

572  50 

Walter  S.  Clark,  St.  Albans, 

43 

5 

63  50 

F.  S.  Collins,  Burlington, 

60 

2 

36  00 

27. 

L.  K.  Osgood,  Rutland, 

72 

1 

17  50 

30. 

Jerry  Cummings,  St.  Albans, 

17 

31. 

T.  O.  Jackson,  St.  Albans, 

14 

G.  T.  Boynton,  St.  Albans, 

14 

C.  M.  Brooks,  St.  Albans, 

8 

April  1. 

J.  K.  Curtis,  Georgia, 

32 

2. 

J.  C.  Dunn,  Rutland, 

17 

5. 

W.  W.  Scanlon,  St.  Albans, 

27 

6. 

A.  J.  Russell,  Rutland, 

32 

7. 

W.  T.  Smith,  St.  Albans, 

15 

Village  cows,  St.  Albans, 

2 

Lee  Baker,  Essex  Junction, 

7 

8. 

Merritt  Thomas,  Rutland, 

31 

5 

78  00 

Marvin  W.  Clark,  Williston, 

134 

21 

298  00 

29 


No. 

No. 

Amount 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested.  Killed. 

Paid. 

9.  Marvin  W.  Chapman,  No.  Williston, 

66 

22 

$336  25 

Murray  Buck,  Morris ville, 

47 

18 

263  75 

L.  D.  Grout,  Morrisville, 

22 

E.  C.  Smith,  St.  Albans, 

48 

10.  A.  F.  Davis,  Rutland, 

13 

14.  Soldiers’  Home,  Bennington, 

12 

2 

37  50 

15.  Benj.  E.  Bates,  Shoreham, 

73 

38 

655  00 

H.  H.  Harmon,  Bennington, 

38 

2 

17  50 

20.  M.  S.  Howard,  St.  Albans, 

16 

B.  F.  Rugg,  St.  Albans, 

147 

Arch  Laflam,  St.  Albans, 

19 

24.  George  Dunsmore,  St.  Albans, 

50 

12 

141  00 

0.  B.  Johnson,  St.  Albans, 

79 

J.  M.  Foss,  St.  Albans, 

92 

3 

57  50 

Nelson  Goodspeed,  St.  Albans, 

28 

1 

20  00 

C.  W.  Scarff,  Burlington, 

1 

1 

20  00 

J.  R.  Corliss,  St.  Albans, 

31 

J.  G.  McCullough,  No.  Bennington, 

17 

1 

20  00 

H.  J.  Brown,  Swanton, 

21 

D.  Suter,  Swanton, 

31 

25.  F.  Smith,  Swanton, 

21 

27.  L.  S.  Drew,  Burlington, 

38 

29.  W.  H.  Seward,  Rutland, 

12 

John  Richardson,  Rutland, 

8 

30.  John  Crampton,  Rutland, 

32 

E.  E.  Shedd,  Rutland, 

4 

M.  A.  Maynard,  Burlington, 

60 

4 

67  50 

H.  E.  Richmond,  Bennington, 

1 

Melvin  Mark,  Bennington, 

1 

Henry  Stockwell,  Bennington, 

3 

L.  R.  Brown,  Bennington, 

12 

B.  T.  Henry,  Bennington, 

3 

W.  E.  Niles,  Pownal  Center, 

3 

H.  C.  White,  No.  Bennington, 

2 

Solomon  Howard,  So.  Shaftsbury, 

34 

Charles  Canady,  No.  Bennington, 

o 

4.  Charles  Laraway,  Morristown, 

32 

5.  0.  A.  Barrows,  Morrisville, 

14 

2 

17  50 

C.  J.  Thomas,  Morristown, 

17 

1 

10  00 

Charles  J.  Moore,  Morristown, 

7 

C.  W.  Fintelle,  Rutland, 

21 

Lewis  Bucher,  Rutland, 

14 

30 


Date. 

1895. 

6. 


7. 


8. 

9. 

11. 


12. 


13. 

14. 


15. 


16. 


17. 


IS. 

19. 


21. 


Name  and  P.  O.  Address. 

W.  H.  Elsworth,  Morrisville, 

J.  A.  Brooks,  Morrisville, 

H.  J.  Fisher,  Morrisville, 

E.  T.  Ryder,  Morrisville, 

M.  H.  Boardman,  Morrisville, 

N.  R.  Chaffee,  Rutland, 

J.  O.  Andrews,  Morristown, 
Village  cows,  Morrisville, 

H.  G.  Lester,  Rutland, 

John  Rockwood,  Bennington, 

M.  M.  Jackson,  Morrisville, 

J.  H.  Atkinson,  Morrisville, 
Industrial  School,  Vergennes, 
Charles  Jewett,  Bennington, 

E.  Ladabouch,  Rutland, 

F.  A.  Gilbert,  Morrisville, 

H.  S.  Delano,  Elmore, 

H.  Elsworth,  Elmore, 

H.  D.  Cook,  Elmore, 

H . Cole,  Morrisville, 

Moses  Wilson,  Bennington, 

G.  W.  Currier,  Morrisville, 

David  D.  Brown,  Morrisville, 

O.  D.  Bacon,  Elmore, 

A.  L.  Davis,  Rutland, 

C.  S.  Edwards,  Morrisville, 

A.  J.  Douglas,  Morrisville, 

A.  M.  Wood,  Morrisville, 

B.  F.  & H.  H.  Farmer,  Rutland, 
S.  S.  Gaines,  Vergennes, 

Frank  A.  Baker,  East  Clarendon, 
Dr.  H.  Baxter,  Highgate, 

Alex.  Fisher, ‘Fairfield, 

Geo.  Capron,  Rutland, 

D.  W.  Hawley,  Rutland, 

E.  S.  Fleury,  Isle  LaMotte, 

N.  W.  Fiske,  Isle  LaMotte, 

R.  R.  Hathaway,  North  Hero, 

W.  R.  Donaldson,  North  Hero, 
Myron  Chandler,  Bennington, 

N.  Canfield,  Manchester, 

Eugene  Thomas,  Rutland, 


No.  No. 

Tested.  Killed. 

13  1 
11 

36 

14 
21 

9 

4 

12 

30 

14 
27 
18 
36 
21 
43 

9 

20 

4 
24 

5 
20 
11 

6 

18 

27 

13  1 

26 

5 

33 

10 

7 

24 

28  12 
13 

10 

11 

10 

15 

6 
6 

24  3 

16  1 


Amount 

Paid 

$20  00 


11  25 


195  00 


38  00 
20  00 


31 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested.  Killed. 

Paid. 

23. 

L.  F.  Rudd,  Bennington, 

10 

26. 

Gen.  E.  H.  Ripley,  Rutland, 

43 

28. 

F.  W.  Brown,  Rutland, 

27 

Murray  Buck,  Morrisville, 

20 

6 

$82  50 

J.  G.  Thompson,  Morrisville, 

5 

30. 

Geo.  Sumner,  Pownal  Center, 

1 

1 

5 00 

June  3. 

Nicholas  Gallijo,  Bennington, 

14 

5. 

C.  R.  Ames,  Manchester, 

14 

Charles  Rockwood,  Bennington, 

14 

Mrs.  Lucia  Peck,  Burlington, 

2 

2 

40  00 

Bert  Rockwood,  Bennington, 

32 

H.  G.  Vernal,  St.  Albans, 

11 

8. 

Moses  Maynard,  Burlington, 

15 

9. 

J.  M.  Foss,  St.  Albans, 

15 

H.  E.  Rudd,  Bennington, 

* 20 

Merritt  Clifford,  Pittsford, 

25 

10. 

Luther  Best,  Morristown, 

9 

A.  S.  Lawrence,  Morrisville, 

30 

# 

13. 

H.  Fay,  Bennington, 

28 

1 

20  00 

16. 

D.  L.  Dodds,  North  Hero, 

30 

19. 

E.  L.  Muzzy,  Morrisville, 

10 

John  Perry,  Jr.,  Morrisville, 

7 

J.  C.  Russell,  Morrisville, 

6 

E.  V.  Hadley,  Morrisville, 

9 

22. 

C.  S.  Parker,  Elmore, 

37 

J.  Camp,  Elmore, 

25 

23. 

Norman  Camp,  Elmore, 

23 

24. 

Geo.  E.  Crowell,  Brattleboro, 

8 

2 

40  00 

F.  F.  Jones,  Johnson, 

20 

25. 

L.  F.  Holmes,  Morrisville, 

10 

1 

15  00 

Luther  Adams,  Morrisville, 

9 

J.  C.  Gallup,  Morrisville, 

9 

3 

53  75 

26. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Hall,  Franklin, 

36 

29. 

D.  R.  Sherwin,  Hyde  Park, 

4 

J.  G.  Perry,  Hyde  Park, 

12 

C.  L.  Gates,  Hyde  Park, 

13 

D.  G.  Barney,  Arlington, 

12 

E.  Leflam,  No.  Fairfax, 

5 

30. 

Charles  Davis,  Morristown, 

7 

E.  H.  Chaffee,  Morristown, 

5 

M.  R.  Chaffee,  Morristown, 

6 

W.  D.  Allen,  North  Hero, 

22 

E.  A.  Engels,  St.  Albans, 

12 

SUMMARY  FOR  THE  FIRST  CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICT. 


Tested  for  farmers,  4,804 
Tested  for  drovers,  2,155 

6,959 


Condemned,  441 
Condemned,  10 

451 


Paid,  $ 6,706  75 
Paid,  185  00 

$ 6,891  75 


Percentage  condemned  in  farmers’  herds,  9.18 

Percentage  condemned  for  drovers,  .46 

Average  paid  for  farmers’  cattle,  $15  20 

Average  paid  for  drovers’  cattle,  $18  50 


LIST  OF  CATTLE  TESTED  IN  SECOND  DISTRICT,  UNDER  THE 
DIRECTION  OF  Y.  I.  SPEAR  : 


Date. 

No. 

No, 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  O.  Address, 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

March  8. 

J.  G.  Mann,  Randolph, 

37 

6 

$ 105  00 

12. 

E.  L.  Bass,  Randolph, 

18 

3 

45  00 

14. 

James  Wheeler,  Bethel, 

14 

5 

62  50 

Alvin  Hatch,  Bethel, 

2 

15. 

George  Turner,  East  Bethel, 

29 

18. 

Powers,  Chelsea, 

13 

Mr.  Moxley,  Chelsea, 

3 

E.  E.  Densmore,  Chelsea, 

5 

Village  cows,  Chelsea, 

6 

April  10. 

D.  W.  Stevens,  Greensboro  Bend 

8 

11. 

J.  L.  Stafford,  Stowe, 

9 

A.  A.  Warren,  Stowe, 

1 

May  15. 

A.  A.  Priest,  Randolph, 

18 

4 

55  00 

C.  E.  Pope,  Randolph, 

12 

16. 

Luke  Parish,  Randolph, 

29 

17. 

C.  S.  Holman,  Braintree, 

27 

O.  S.  Thayer,  Braintree, 

10 

3 

35  00 

G.  A.  Clough,  Braintree, 

2 

18. 

Mr.  Rogers,  Bethel, 

12 

Mr.  McDonald,  Bethel, 

14 

22. 

Luke  C,  Eisher,  Cabot, 

40 

2 

32  50 

23. 

Mr.  Whitcher,  Newbury, 

18 

June  1. 

Dix  J.  Camp,  East  Randolph, 

27 

E.  A.  Fitts,  East  Randolph, 

12 

2. 

L.  B.  Kibbey,  North  Randolph, 

12 

7 

122  50 

John  Goodrich,  East  Randolph, 

1 

1 

15  00 

C.  S.  Hall,  East  Randolph, 

12 

3. 

E.  E.  Benham,  Braintree, 

19 

C.  T.  Frink,  Braintree, 

5 

33 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

4. 

George  Hubard,  Braintree, 

8 

2 

$30  00 

17. 

C.  S.  Richmond,  Northfield, 

1 

Irving  Lamson,  Randolph, 

12 

2 

32  50 

W.  W.  Jones,  Randolph, 

16 

Irving  Chase,  Randolph, 

2 

1 

15  00 

Village  cows,  Randolph, 

3 

18. 

J.  J.  Wilson,  Bethel, 

12 

20. 

Mr.  Pinnock,  Norwich, 

5 

Mr.  Tilton,  Norwich, 

6 

Mr.  Lyman,  Norwich, 

18 

21. 

Peter  Riley,  Barnard, 

1 

1 

20  00 

July  11. 

L.  E.  Snow,  Randolph  Center, 

34 

Mrs.  A.  Williams,  North  Randolph, 

9 

1 

12  50 

12. 

R.  P.  Slack,  Randolph  Center, 

13 

Ezra  Phillips,  Randolph  Center, 

7 

M.  C.  Rowell,  Randolph  Center, 

3 

C.  L.  Smith,  Randolph  Center, 

1 

I.  N.  Wood,  Quechee, 

1 

1 

20  00 

15. 

A.  B.  Thompson,  Windsor, 

6 

Village  cow,  Windsor, 

1 

16. 

A.  C.  Hall,  Westminster, 

12 

Mr.  Houghton,  Westminster, 

1 

July  17. 

A.  J.  Wyman,  Athens, 

8 

B.  T.  Phelps,  Athens, 

1 

Aug.  18. 

John  F.  Kelley,  North  Fayston, 

12 

2 

27  50 

Sept.  2. 

C.  M.  Bass,  Braintree, 

7 

J.  R.  Hutchinson,  Braintree, 

20 

3. 

G.  W.  Flagg,  Braintree, 

15 

0.  P.  Dudley,  West  Brookfield, 

9 

4. 

W.  L.  Heberd,  Randolph, 

27 

Josiah  Tilson,  Randolph, 

21 

17. 

C.  T.  Burridge,  Randolph, 

3 

S.  S.  Wheeler,  Randolph, 

1 

1 

10  00 

Village  cows,  Randolph, 

6 

18. 

Geo.  L.  Spear,  West  Braintree, 

17 

Eugene  Abbott,  West  Braintree, 

19 

Nelson  Smith,  West  Braintree, 

2 

23. 

Geo.  E.  Allen,  Guildhall, 

15 

3 

39  50 

24. 

A.  S.  Larvabee,  Newport  Center, 

15 

12 

103  50 

25. 

Josiah  Grout,  Derby, 

68 

28. 

Mr.  Thornton,  Andover, 

1 

1 

15  00 

Oct.  7. 

Henry  Brockway,  West  Hartford, 

43 

7 

101  50 

34 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested.  Killed. 

Paid. 

Austin  Howard,  West  Hartford, 

61 

8. 

Geo.  Brock  way,  West  Hartford 

21 

A.  N.  Hazen,  West  Hartford, 

13 

10. 

S.  R.  Durkee,  Tunbridge, 

2 

Mr.  Draper,  Montpelier, 

1 

1 

$15  00 

A.  A.  Goodell,  Windham, 

1 

1 

17  50 

J.  E.  Crossett,  Waterbury, 

26 

2 

22  50 

Nov.  4. 

A.  H.  Beedle,  Randolph, 

23 

12 

214  00 

Geo.  Hatch,  Randolph, 

18 

11 

176  00 

5. 

Thos.  Connolly,  Randolph, 

26 

8 

105  00 

9. 

John  F.  Mead,  Randolph  Center, 

26 

4 

65  00 

11. 

A.  Alexander,  Randolph  Center, 

29 

1 

5 00 

12. 

J.  B.  Adams,  Randolph  Center, 

30 

N.  L.  Boy  den,  Randolph  Center, 

28 

Village  cows,  Randolph  Center, 

10 

13. 

Geo.  Panton,  Brookfield, 

32 

3 

39  00 

Clement  Smith,  Morrisville, 

5 

14. 

C.  J.  Gleason,  Montpelier, 

12 

7 

87  50 

Village  cows,  Montpelier, 

9 

18. 

D.  D.  Bulkley,  Moretown, 

39 

r> 

• 

122  50 

D.  0.  Bruce,  Moretown, 

1 

1 

7 50 

C.  E.  Jones,  Waitsfield, 

29 

Geo.  M.  Jones,  Waitsfield, 

29 

22. 

G.  H.  Temple,  Randolph  Center, 

16 

4 

67  50 

H.  C.  Gilbert,  Randolph  Center, 

14 

2 

30  00 

F.  H.  Edson,  Randolph  Center, 

5 

L.  J.  Herrington.  Randolph  Center, 

7 

C.  A.  Chadwick,  Randolph  Center, 

11 

Harry  Fiske,  Randolph  Center, 

16 

1 

5 00 

24. 

Dorsey  Eddy,  Randolph  Center, 

20 

26. 

Henry  E.  Hunt,  Montpelier, 

5 

Dec.  2. 

Village  cows,  Randolph. 

33 

3. 

J.  W.  Burt,  Randolph, 

22 

H.  T.  Holman,  Randolph, 

31 

Village  cows,  Randolph, 

8 

Dec.  4. 

F.  Bingham,  Randolph, 

10 

H.  Seymore,  Randolph, 

3 

Arthur  Burridge,  Randolph, 

10 

J.  Wells,  Randolph, 

1 

1 

10  00 

C.  Burridge,  Randolph, 

12 

Allen  Spooner,  Randolph, 

2 

35 


Date. 

1895. 


Nov. 

Dec. 


No. 

No. 

Amount 

Name  and  P.  O.  Address. 

Tested.  Killed. 

Paid. 

Ed.  Wheeler,  Randolph, 

9 

2 

$25  00 

J.  Bartro,  Randolph, 

16 

5. 

D.  H.  Morse,  Randolph. 

17 

1 

17  50 

C.  N.  Morse,  Randolph, 

17 

6. 

H.  W.  Fitts,  Randolph, 

20 

Sidney  Smith,  Randolph, 

6 

Wm.  H.  Nichols,  Randolph  ■ 

40 

2 

25  00 

•7. 

F.  H.  Packard,  Braintree, 

23 

V.  I.  Spear,  Braintree, 

24 

S.  Williams,  West  Brookfield, 

1 

9. 

W.  A.  Ford,  Brookfield, 

6 

Frank  Patterson,  Brookfield, 

15 

C.  Peck,  Brookfield, 

37 

2 

17  00 

16. 

A.  A.  Bowen,  Randolph, 

17 

Joel  Putnam,  Randolph, 

7 

Calvin  Brewster,  Randolph, 

13 

4 

50  00 

A.  G.  Barnes,  Randolph, 

16 

A.  J.  McIntosh,  Randolph, 

8 

Mrs.  L.  E.  McIntosh,  Randolph, 

7 

C.  S.  Davis,  Bethel, 

66 

30. 

John  English,  Warren, 

7 

12. 

H.  S.  Towne,  Montpelier, 

6 

14. 

J.  N.  Richardson,  Richmond, 

14 

7 

100  00 

17. 

Chas.  Lamson,  Randolph, 

35 

1 

17  50 

J.  F.  Chadwick,  Randolph, 

6 

W.  W.  Rogers,  Randolph, 

3 

Allen  A.  Priest,  Randolph, 

1 

1 

14  00 

D.  H.  Chadwick,  Randolph, 

5 

F.  G.  Wright,  Randolph, 

5 

H.  C.  Soper,  Randolph, 

44 

9 

120  00 

18. 

M.  C.  Rowell,  Randolph  Center, 

39 

2 

25  50 

Albert  Edson,  Randolph  Center, 

55 

19. 

J.  C.  Harlow,  Randolph, 

14 

C.  F.  Blaisdell,  Randolph, 

6 

Horris  Holman,  Randolph, 

21 

C.  W.  Albin,  Randolph, 

13 

Zeph  Seymore,  Randolph, 

19 

23. 

A.  L.  Sprague,  East  Brookfield, 

21 

A.  Hibbard,  East  Brookfield, 

21 

23. 

C.  W.  Clark,  East  Brookfield, 

3 

John  Clark,  East  Brookfield, 

5 

M.  M.  Peabody,  East  Brookfield, 

15 

Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  O.  Address. 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

24. 

C.  S.  Hall,  East  Randolph, 

4 

Dix  J.  Camp,  East  Randolph, 

5 

A.  J.  Parker,  East  Brookfield, 

6 

Mark  Durkee,  East  Brookfield, 

6 

F.  A.  Parker,  East  Brookfield, 

12 

Dec.  20. 

Village  cows,  Montpelier, 

6 

31. 

Village  cows,  Montpelier, 

4 

30. 

W.  W.  Grout,  Kirby, 

46 

35 

$490  50 

27. 

D.  O.  Bruce,  Moretown, 

18 

5 

76  00 

D.  D.  Bulkley,  Moretown, 

4 

1 

12  50 

Jan.  1. 

N.  L.  Parker,  East  Burke, 

35 

. 1 

8 00 

2. 

E.  A.  Darling,  East  Burke, 

76 

2 

25  00 

9. 

Wallace  Morrill,  East  Randolph, 

30 

2 

40  00 

7. 

A.  A.  Storrs,  East  Bethel, 

37 

8. 

Fred  Washburn,  Randolph  Center, 

33 

J.  M.  Pember,  Randolph  Center, 

20 

9. 

C.  H.  Morrill,  Randolph  Center, 

20 

S.  Turner,  East  Randolph, 

7 

J.  H.  Wood,  East  Randolph, 

7 

21. 

E.  P.  Brown,  Vershire, 

25 

2 

25  00 

13. 

R.  W.  Warren,  Montpelier, 

23 

3 

52  50 

15. 

O.  L.  Miner,  Brattleboro, 

19 

9 

150  00 

22. 

Pearl  Willis,  Vershire, 

11 

1 

15  00 

Frank  J.  Eaton,  Vershire, 

9 

1 

17  50 

H.  Colton,  Vershire, 

36 

23. 

Lorenzo  Spear,  Vershire, 

17 

15. 

Leland  Bros.,  Montpelier, 

32 

16. 

Milo  Nelson,  Montpelier, 

28 

18. 

W.  C.  Walker,  Montpelier, 

32 

13. 

R.  T.  Lillia,  Montpelier, 

17 

14. 

S.  S.  Viles,  Montpelier, 

8 

W.  H.  Lombard,  Montpelier, 

5 

17. 

Blanpied  & Spear,  Montpelier, 

22 

24. 

Ed.  Rowell,  Tunbridge, 

10 

Geo.  W.  Rowell,  Tunbridge, 

2 

16. 

Ed.  Nichols,  Montpelier, 

11 

15. 

A.  J.  Stone,  Montpelier, 

7 

23. 

H.  G.  Church,  Vershire, 

6 

26 

Jos.  G.  Bingham,  South  Royalton, 

10 

1* 

30  00 

A.  P.  Skinner,  South  Royalton, 

1 

1 

15  00 

C.  E.  McCrellis,  Randolph, 

1 

1 

15  00 

28. 

H.  J.  Farnsworth,  Braintree, 

14 

37 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

29. 

Geo.  Richards,  Braintree, 

19 

Curtis  Upham,  Braintree, 

7 

28. 

Geo.  Heberd,  Braintree, 

7 

1 

$ 17  50 

Feb.  8. 

J.  Blodgett,  Montpelier, 

5 

4. 

F.  E.  Grout,  Montpelier, 

31 

10. 

Geo.  Hamel,  Montpelier, 

20 

15. 

Thos.  Henley,  Richmond, 

8 

17. 

L.  A.  Pierson,  Montpelier, 

16 

H.  S.  Towne  Montpelier, 

7 

18. 

Chas.  B.  Gollison,  Montpelier, 

15 

C.  C.  Willard,  Montpelier, 

4 

19. 

C.  K.  Willard,  East  Montpelier, 

9 

E.  V.  Duke,  East  Montpelier, 

22 

20. 

J.  W.  Fowler,  East  Montpelier, 

23 

14. 

John  Hill,  Montpelier, 

19 

1 

30  00 

12. 

J.  C.  Bisbee,  Moretown, 

6 

11. 

F.  V.  Smith,  Stowe, 

26 

14 

189  00 

12. 

C.  C.  Robinson,  Stowe, 

25 

9 

130  00 

E.  B.  Cobb,  Stowe, 

30 

13 

217  50 

13. 

J.  C.  Cobb,  Stowe, 

2 

J.  L.  Stafford,  Stowe, 

11 

L.  L.  Harris,  Stowe, 

1 

L.  D.  Hazen,  St.  Johnsbury, 

24 

4 

40  00 

March  4. 

G.  H.  Osgood,  East  Randolph, 

27 

3 

37  50 

6. 

W.  L.  Seymour,  Randolph  Center, 

32 

21 

249  00 

2. 

S.  R.  Waldo,  East  Randolph, 

32 

1 

10  00 

Feb.  26. 

E.  G.  Jackson,  Williamstown,  • 

21 

A.  M.  Goodrich,  Williamstown, 

18 

29. 

J.  B.  Brockway,  Williamstown, 

3 

H.  G.  Drury,  Williamstown, 

16 

28. 

E.  S.  Martin,  Williamstown, 

50 

March  1. 

I.  C.  Robinson,  Williamstown, 

13 

3. 

J.  H.  Buck,  East  Bethel, 

13 

5. 

Chas.  Morrill,  East  Randolph, 

6 

4. 

G.  S.  Osgood,  East  Randolph, 

15 

7. 

John  Gifford,  South  Randolph, 

34 

George  L.  Green,  East  Randolph, 

11 

Edson  Emery,  South  Randolph, 

8 

Feb.  25. 

E.  A.  Parks,  St.  Johnsbury, 

6 

M.  Way,  Barton  Landing, 

14 

Mar.  16. 

L.  H.  Raymond,  Stowe, 

41 

3 

45  00 

17. 

O.  A.  Sanborn,  Stowe, 

15 

3 

50  00 

38 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address. 

Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

N.  Bigelow,  Stowe, 

21 

2 

$ 27  50 

18. 

W.  G.  Baker,  Stowe, 

64 

13 

162  00 

Dan  Moody.  Stowe, 

18 

17. 

H.  O.  Barrows,  Stowe, 

8 

18. 

L.  A.  Bedell,  Stowe, 

81 

2 

20  00 

17. 

E.  B.  Gale,  Stowe, 

23 

3 

52  50 

L.  A.  Barrows,  Stowe, 

15 

15 

150  00 

14. 

P.  R.  Gale,  Stowe, 

45 

18. 

V.  P.  McCutchen,  Stowe, 

7 

19. 

F.  M.  Robinson,  Stowe, 

7 

K.  H.  Barnes,  Stowe, 

15 

A.  C.  May,  Stowe, 

6 

Mrs.  Thomas  Luce,  Stowe, 

10 

17. 

F.  Bashaw,  Stowe, 

4 

L.  C.  Camp,  Stowe, 

8 

S.  H.  Kaiser,  Stowe, 

2 

2 

25  00 

Samuel  Hull,  Stowe, 

1 

1 

5 00 

Village  cows,  Stowe, 

12 

6. 

C.  H.  Waterhouse,  Windsor, 

19 

14 

252  00 

Feb.  24. 

J.  F.  Wood,  West  Fairlee, 

13 

2 

27  50 

March  9. 

H.  C.  Soper,  Randolph, 

6 

James  Corrigan,  Randolph, 

6 

J.  G.  Mann,  Randolph, 

64 

1 

15  00 

17. 

John  Lodg,  Newport, 

3 

27. 

F.  C.  Williams,  Coventry, 

15 

9 

120  00 

28. 

L.  D.  Hazen,  St.  Johnsbury, 

17 

10. 

Gerald  Howatt,  Lyndon, 

4 

April  10. 

J.  M.  Pember,  Randolph  Center, 

20 

G.  R.  Pember,  Randolph  Center, 

21 

9* 

John  Bean,  Randolph  Center, 

17 

C.  L.  Hodges,  Randolph  Center, 

5 

R.  M.  Damon,  Randolph  Center, 

56 

1 

15  00 

8. 

George  D.  Hyzer,  Randolph  Center, 

35 

L.  S.  Murphy,  Randolph  Center, 

7 

3 

37  50 

Mar.  14. 

Village  cows,  Northfield, 

4 

27. 

Geo.  Waite,  West  Windsor, 

5 

April  14. 

Austin  Howard,  West  Hartford, 

34 

1 

15  00 

Homer  W.  Vail,  North  Pomfret, 

37 

Fred  L.  Davis,  North  Pomfret, 

45 

2 

15  00 

15. 

M.  H.  Miller,  Pomfret, 

21 

Stephen  Hewitt,  North  Pomfret, 

60 

16. 

P.  W.  Strong,  North  Pomfret, 

28 

39 


Date. 

1895. 

17. 

16. 

17. 

20. 

28. 


29. 


30. 


May  1. 


April  10. 
May  6 
12. 

13. 


14. 


11. 


Name  and  P.  O.  Addr  ss. 

H.  B.  Leonard,  North  Pomfret, 

W.  H.  Giles,  West  Hartford, 

E.  E.  Doubleday,  West  Hartford, 

T.  L.  Hunt,  West  Hartford, 

Mrs.  S.  Hazen,  West  Hartford, 

H.  A.  Powers,  Braintree, 

A.  C.  Yarvey,  West  Braintree, 

Geo.  W.  Smith,  W.  River  Junction, 
A.  J.  Wallace,  W.  River  Junction, 
J.  L.  Gibbs,  Quechee, 

Chas.  Co  wen,  Quechee, 

D.  C.  Landers,  Quechee, 

H.  P.  Clark,  Woodstock, 

G.  W.  Gerry,  Pomfret, 

Albert  Edson,  Randolph  Centre, 

H.  Smalley,  Randolph  Centre, 

L.  B.  Kibby,  North  Randolph, 

Ezra  Durkee,  North  Randolph, 

G.  H.  Temple,  Randolph  Centre, 
Clayton  Bros.,  Williamstown, 

G.  W.  Adams,  Stowe, 

E.  S.  Edson,  Stowe, 

J.  E.  Houston,  Stowe, 

J.  French,  Stowe, 

Fred  Sargent,  Stowe, 

L.  Russell,  Stowe, 

A.  T.  Harlow,  Stowe, 

G.  W.  Harlow,  Stowe, 

Moses  Douglas,  Stowe, 

E.  M.  Douglas,  Stowe, 

G.  W.  Sollies,  Stowe, 

Henry  Houston,  Stowe, 

Geo.  Wilkins,  Stowe, 

E.  S.  Wilkins,  Moscow, 

M.  I.  Dillingham,  Moscow, 

Rufus  Talbot,  Moscow, 

L.  B.  Smith,  Moscow, 

O.  S.  Smith,  Moscow, 

J.  Drugg,  Stowe, 

Mrs.  L.  B.  Scribner,  Stowe, 

A.  G.  Wakefield,  Stowe, 

Alvin  Wilkins,  Stowe, 


No.  No. 

Tested.  Killed. 

25 

20 

13 

27 

17 

4 1 

12  6 

2 

7 
17 
27 

16  1 

29 

4 

42 

1 

5 2 
2 

19 

57  28 

13 

11 

8 
1 

3 

4 

7 

5 
4 
1 
2 
1 

13  4 

3 

4 
1 
3 
3 

13 

1 

8 

22  10 


Amount 

Paid. 


$20  00 
50  00 


14  00 


20  00 

480  00 


56  50 


125  00 


40 


Date. 

No. 

No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address.  Tested. 

Killed. 

Paid. 

G.  A.  Harris,  Stowe, 

17 

6 

$70  00 

12. 

H.  S.  Nutting,  Stowe, 

14 

1 

10  00 

18. 

A.  J.  Hart,  Stowe, 

20 

1 

14  00 

G.  D.  Downer,  Stowe, 

12 

1 

12  50 

15. 

G.  E.-  Robinson,  Stowe, 

12 

14. 

Geo.  Wilkins,  Stowe, 

8 

Paul  Lacrosse,  Stowe, 

5 

D.  Demerritt,  Stowe, 

1 

12. 

Geo.  Wilkins,  Stowe, 

29 

13. 

Fred  Sears,  Stowe, 

• 11 

Orrin  Moody  and  others,  Stowe, 

8 

11. 

G.  R.  Brown,  Stowe, 

4 

Lewis  Reran,  Stowe, 

8 

C.  R.  Churchill,  Stowe, 

3 

D.  F.  White,  Stowe, 

1 

Chas.  B.  Parker,  Stowe, 

35 

12. 

A.  J.  Boyce,  Stowe, 

13 

Geo.  W.  Wilkins,  Stowe, 

10 

Fred  Douglas,  Stowe, 

9 

13. 

A.  B.  Weeks,  Stowe, 

16 

George  W.  Wilkins,  Stowe, 

17 

14. 

E.  H.  Boyce,  Stowe, 

14 

J.  F.  Campbell,  Stowe, 

16 

Chas.  Sargent,  Stowe, 

11 

Thomas  Downer,  Stowe, 

9 

Village  cows,  Stowe, 

26 

Geo.  Roberts,  Montpelier, 

1 

1 

15  00 

22. 

G.  W.  Flagg,  Braintree, 

1 

1 

.15  00 

20. 

Abel  Barron,  White  River  Junction, 

32 

6 

100  00 

8. 

Calvin  Ellis,  Roxbury, 

3 

7. 

G.  J.  Butterfield,  East  Granville, 

9 

E.  Hanley,  East  Granville, 

9 

6. 

John  Seymore,  West  Braintree, 

10 

19. 

R.  J.  Kimball,  Randolph, 

3 

20. 

Newell  Cogswell,  N.  Thetford, 

13 

21. 

W.  E.  Davis,  Hartford  Four  Corners, 

, 5 

4. 

E.  G.  Jackson,  Williamstown, 

4 

19. 

H.  F.  Wilcox,  North  Thetford, 

3 

John  Kinsman,  North  Thetford, 

29 

5. 

L.  O.  Wilder,  Middlesex, 

20 

19. 

F.  C.  Atwood,  Woodstock, 

16 

Geo.  R.  Lockwood,  Woodstock, 

33 

41 


Date. 

No.  No. 

Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  0.  Address,  Tested.  Killed. 

Paid. 

P.  A.  Pierce,  Woodstock, 

10 

20. 

0.  M.  White,  Woodstock, 

9 

W.  H.  Dutton,  Woodstock, 

23 

24. 

R.  W.  Warren,  Montpelier, 

3 

28. 

Clogston  Bros.,  Williamstown, 

7 

J.  M.  Stone,  Williamstown, 

26  4 

$40  00 

W.  H.  Bacon,  Williamstown, 

17 

June  15. 

G.  A.  Gillette,  Hartford, 

27 

Martin  Taney,  Hartford, 

5 

Village  cows,  White  River  Junction, 

19 

16. 

E.  A.  Smith,  Woodstock. 

53 

17. 

Paul  Kendall,  South  Woodstock, 

15 

18. 

Wm.  C.  Bugbee,  Bridgewater, 

4 

A.  H.  Pinney,  Bridgewater, 

7 

19. 

D.  G.  Spaulding,  Taftsville, 

.14  1 

16  00 

/ 

E.  C.  Emmons,  Taftsville, 

20 

1 

G.  W.  Harvey,  Taftsville, 

10 

May  25. 

J.  C.  Greene,  South  Randolph, 

21 

26. 

C.  M.  Belknap,  South  Randolph, 

11 

H.  P.  Riford,  South  Randolph, 

17 

27. 

Geo.  Pember,  Randolph  Center, 

21 

28. 

S.  V.  Burton,  Pomfret, 

13 

May  26 . 

W.  L.  Peavey,  South  Randolph, 

10 

C.  J.  Billings,  South  Randolph, 

6 

June  15. 

E.  S.  Hall,  East  Randolph, 

20 

D.  J.  Frazer,  East  Randolph, 

3 

Village  cows,  East  Randolph, 

3 

16. 

A.  W.  Emery,  East  Randolph, 

11 

C.  E.  Pearson,  East  Randolph, 

3 

Village  cows,  East  Randolph, 

11 

Eugene  Smith,  East  Randolph, 

4 

17. 

L.  N.  Kibby,  East  Randolph, 

6 1 

15  00 

P.  F.  Blanchard,  East  Randolph, 

7 

W.  F.  Gillett,  East  Randolph, 

12 

18. 

Will  Hayward,  East  Randolph, 

12 

G.  O.  Webster,  East  Randolph. 

17 

P.  F.  Collins,  East  Randolph, 

15 

C.  A.  Wiley,  East  Randolph, 

8 

19. 

A.  B.  Hayward,  East  Randolph, 

12 

D.  R.  Goodrich,  East  Randolph, 

23 

% 

Henry  Waldo,  East  Randolph 

20 

23. 

W.  E.  Armstrong,  East  Randolph, 

15 

42 


Date. 

No. 

No.  Amount 

1895. 

Name  and  P.  O.  Address.  Tested. 

Killed.  Paid. 

G.  E.  Brigham,  East  Randolph, 

12 

S.  A.  Heath,  East  Randolph, 

13 

Village  cows,  Quechee, 

12 

Geo.  C.  Wood,  Quechee, 

20 

24. 

Geo.  O.  Wood,  Taftsville, 

15 

Seth  Wood  & Son,  Taftsville, 

28 

25. 

Albert  Lynch,  South  Woodstock, 

7 

Seneca  Winslow,  West  Woodstock, 

4 

26. 

C.  W.  Rogers,  Hartland  Four  Corners, 

6 

P.  E.  Rogers,  Hartland  Four  Corners, 

13 

1 | 17  50 

L.  H.  Pike,  Woodstock, 

6 

Arthur  Kneen,  Hartland  Four  Corners 

, 7 

28. 

D.  S.  Willard,  North  Hartland, 

21 

J.  Walker,  North  Hartland, 

1 

> 

26. 

C.  A.  Kneen,  Hartland  Four  Corners, 

7 

B.  S.  Marcy,  Hartland  Four  Corners, 

9 

27. 

Village  cows,  White  River  Junction, 

15 

J.  S.  Gardner,  Hartford, 

7 

P.  J.  O’Conner,  Hartford, 

15 

28. 

Angus  McDonald,  White  River  Junc- 

tion, 

27 

29. 

L.  G.  Lyman,  Hartford, 

16 

Village  cows,  Hartford, 

6 

16. 

Chas.  Batchelder,  Newport, 

1 

1 10  00 

April  3. 

Samuel  Brown,  Springfield, 

15 

4 58  92 

27. 

C.  S.  Johnson,  Vernon, 

30 

6 92  50 

May  4. 

Geo.  K.  Stebbins,  South  Vernon, 

30 

4 64  00 

Tested  for  farmers,  6,461  Condemned,  462 

Paid,  $6,542  42 

Tested  for  drovers,  735  Condemned,  11 

Paid,  203  50 

Total,  7,196  473 

$6,745  92 

Percentage  condemned  in  farmers’  herds, 

7. 

Percentage  condemned  for  drovers, 

1.5 

Average  paid  for  farmers’  cattle, 

$14  16 

Average  paid  for  drovers’  cattle, 

18  50 

EXPENSES  OF  CATTLE  COMMISSION. 


SERVICES  OF  MEMBERS. 


C.  M.  Winslow $ 707  75 

Y.  I.  Spear.. - 654  00 

H.  W.  Vail.... - 54  00 


H.  M.  Arms.. 
J.  L.  Hills  . . . 
J.  O.  Sanford 


43 


$28  50 

24  00 

15  00 

$1,483  25 

EXPENSES  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  BOARD. 


Railroad  fares $457  64 

Hotel  bills 338  10 

Livery 212  80 

Express 57  90 

Postage 44  00 

Telegraph  and  telephone 68  59 

Stationery  and  printing  95  87 

Thermometers 63  55 

G.  A.  Hawley,  keeping  cattle 8 00 

$1,346  45 

Total  services  and  expenses $2,828  70 

VETERIN ARIES,  FOR  SERVICES  AND  EXPENSES. 

Dr.  F.  A.  Rich $1,719  74 

“ L.  C.  Wakefield 491  45 

“ Herman  Phillipson 430  39 

“ Robert  Weir 383  62 

■“  H.  W.  Burgess  . 225  00 

41  E.  W.  Culley 182  84 

“ A.  W.  Gorham 160  75 

4t  J.  S.  Dutton 124  65 

44  H.  S.  Perley 110  00 

**  H.  M.  Martin ...  _ 103  50 

“ A.  B.  Gay _ 98  00 

“ C.D.  Morin... 68  90 

“ G.  W.  Ward 65  00 

“ J.  F.  Page 35  00 

u J.  T.  Hefflon 12  00 

$4,210  84 

SUMMARY  OF  EXPENSE  OF  COMMISSION. 

Paid  Farmers  for  cattle  condemned  $13,259  17 

Paid  Drovers  for  cattle  condemned 388  50 

Paid  Quarantine  for  cattle 35  00 

Paid  for  6 glandered  horses  213  75 

Members  of  Board  and  expenses.. 2,829  70 

Veterinarians 4,210  84 


$20,936  96 


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SUMMARY  OF  TESTING  BY  COMMISSION. 

Total  number  of  cattle  tested, 14155 

“ “ “ killed, 924 

“ per  centage  found  diseased, 4.53 


C.  M.  WINSLOW,  ) 
V.  I.  SPEAR,  ' f 


For  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture. 


